Republican Pollster Explains Gender Divide

10/26/2012 12:31PM

In an interview with WSJ Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib, Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway explains why Mitt Romney is lagging badly with women but how he might peel off some of those prospective voters before election day.

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... thus the neo studious killing a Conway Republican pollster Republican strategist and a longtime friend ... Kelly and thanks for being with us in its upright Jerry thank you ... you know I mention the outset women's votes are a hot topic there are commodity this campaign nobody spent more time last year stating that topic that you ... so let's start there among the start with this proposition ... if this election were being held simply among male voters ... Mitt Romney that probably win the league if it were to be held strictly among women voters Brock Obama would probably win easily ... how do you explain that gap ... that's right the gender gap is really as old as politics Jerry and to over simplify the gender gap ... meant intended though more Republican win in ten of them were Democratic why is that ... this history ... and part of it is that women tend to be more economically vulnerable and more depending on the government for their subsistence ... or sustenance in supplements ... whether they've Cowart elderly women ... at the end of the or years on Medicare so Security a winning on CFTC yuan ... welfare looking for the government as top public employees often than not often enough ... and also we need to look at the government more as a partner that going ... in your preceding their country ... that too is never generalization me think what's really crystallize the last two years or some these democratic exclusions ... on Harry twenty would be a big one ... that silly theory the Democrats the sheer explosion among married America where more and more American women like a choice that the circumstance or St ... I'm going to need the US the ideal bike twenty five I carry Friday say well I probably will some time leader in their their forty think I guess they won ... the Republican Party's with the years that I married one believing she only focuses on abortion contraception ... the they should start to look at Harry somebody who was who is ... in in the ownership society ... she's an investor she's responsible for the short term security I and clean she's ... certainly these cars were for her long term financial security ... she probably has unveiled or something you could Johnson an ownership claim that her home in her ... return profile portfolio ... and that's only the intended ensure gender gaps in this fascinating read how ... to build persuade able women who are left ... on attending the suburban white men in ... many of them voted for Brock Obama into thousandeight the turnaround in support of Republicans to shore years later in two thousand ten ... the stain on fiscal issues ... Jerry goes winnowing your another word ... about abortion or contraception ... then that speaking the key prepare for the year of the so called war on women ... and focusing on abortion contraception or Billy economic voters ... in right now those women are infected between how they feel about Brock Obama ... what they know that in the field ... he's a good guy tries hard ... enjoyed making history in into thousandeight when the nail him is he's failed to meet band and everyone around them feel ... more financially secure an economically prosperous ... will lead us to what you think Republicans in general in Mitt Romney's campaign in particular need to do better to tap into some of that sentiment ... this year in the ten days or so that are left real silly Romney's been doing that and he really hit ... home run at the first to be ... when American winning ... were trying to cut through the Norway's of this year some historical town of Spanien number that scary ... America will either return on the TV ... or fire up the laptop seen in the privacy their living rooms ... have that one on one interaction with me Ronnie ... really for the first time ... and when the wife staffers to be ... when it's all ... a president that they did not know existed in Obama who was deceived he's ... seen this in just a likely that the summer house not exactly the kind of ... men women ... prefer any solid me Ronnie you really upended his caricature is the appetite and feelings ... well the not really empathize with and ... and I think that knew the nice combination of head and heart ... in check the economic vision and policies ... they he is offering and his appeal lead the league ... team carried out into ... and to underscore the failure of the current guidance of the of the Obama administration ... coupled with Amore if any do it's making Enron's sinking work on the lawn and Jerry talking about actual people their meeting on the trail ... and what this people are saying today ... I he seems much were comparable to do a little bit more storytelling ... with the CEO had still firmly in place ... the deal it may be Killian you're right that those social issues are baked into the cake ... but are still a big problem for Republicans are saying ... on the edge how range twenty you have people who don't seem to know how to articulate the way the feel of how Bennett ... on The how one of those people frankly I Phones and a great job ... all year long making sure that people know that he is a light ... and that he spread judicial hearings ... and an even dozen leading positions in there when the question is as has been fairly consistent he explains that he is Obama over trying ... to carry a life issue which is something Governor Christie New Jersey is said is this position it's about the overtime he's not like ... I that's actually the typical experience for many for millions of Americans and so they'll bill except that bill ... bill actually empathize with that ... aam and Assistly tissues ... I think what Republicans need to do is kill all comparable to Call Apple left ... on your over and insists on abortion contraception leads in everybody's polling Jerry from the one she Journal of heavy duty of town line ... does not pop up into the top five among men are winning ... I'd be the economy jobs sitting on the way she's for seven years women also will talk about health care the talk about education some friends talk about energy your integration as well ... and certainly the role the role of government spending in the minds ... but I think that was when Republicans should consult up on social issues ... it's twenty don't call out ... the left on trying to steer winning ... on abortion contraception ... and really only talking when from the waist and I think that that you know I like to say Republicans just keep talking to women finally stop team is that's where brains their heads and hearts horizon or years are ... sch yes you know loathe to kill ESPN Greenberger Democratic pollster ... said this week that the real swing group within this group ... is the unmarried women you refer to earlier is that what you're seeing a I think he was saying that's where the erosion ... that the president has seen the Democrats probably need to be concerned that has really occurred in the last few weeks that should be a huge at this weekend's angle for a present Obama because I'm married women disproportionately fever him back to the one ... that the trickier Gary is that about ten to eleven million ... yuan married women turn down two thousand two hundred and two thousandeight ... to to really recapture that demographic turnout magic ... for Obama ... among unmarried women ... he would have been spying away he actually has said it remains found ... that they are imperiled ... under Errani ministry she met the somehow are better off than the wear ... and I this harried winning are pretty savvy consumers ... that she won here for the president what the next four years to look like some of the old saw are you better off ... anywhere for years and as one question the ... question is what one the next four years look and feel like ... ahh and for Afrikaner Ryan Bayley his big East play in the next couple weeks on the among the white working class voters voting meaning ... the favorite while Wade Michael Keiser's fevered Republicans but ten points into thousandeight that the fever them by a whopping thirty points in two thousand ten ... twenty three the on ... the issues that are seen as Mitt Romney's we are in the name rhymes with half the way ... the economy back taxes and job creation ... and of course Obamacare ... so I why they're pretty sick of the main Democrats in their blue collar voters people commonly just moms ... but the restrictions white working class voters not because present Obama does very well and has done very well on long ... among the non white working class voters ... and so forth Governor Romney he really needs to give them confidence in his competence ... to his commander in chief of primarily as the economic policy team ... Kelly and ... listen to the States and they said before we get to the inherent thanks for joining us Jason thoughts ... as we get the stretcher I love being here Jerry thank you for having me ...